2002

EDITORIAL: In Africa, AIDS Has a Woman's Face: The New York Times - Sunday, December 29, 2002; Kofi A. Annan; A combination of famine and AIDS is threatening the backbone of Africa -- the women who keep African societies going and whose work makes up the economic foundation of rural communities. For decades, we have known that the best way for Africa to thrive is to ensure that its women have the freedom, power and knowledge t
For South Africa's Poorest AIDS Victims, a Place to Die: The New York Times - Saturday, December 28, 2002; Rachel L. Swarns; JOHANNESBURG - In the village behind the green gate, little boys wheeze as they scramble through the grass. Sickly women murmur wistfully about forgotten dreams. Men with aching bones savor the morning sun. More than 80 people live in this community of pink concrete houses, and they all share one bitter reality. Here,
Thailand: Condoms For Scouts: The New York Times - Wednesday, December 25, 2002; Seth Mydans (NYT); The Public Health Ministry said it planned to provide condoms on request to 20,000 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at the 20th World Scout Jamboree, which begins on Saturday in Sattahip, southeast of Bangkok. We are preparing the condoms to prevent AIDS, not to encourage sexual activity, a ministry official told The Associa
Group Raises Funds For Punished Officer: The New York Times - Wednesday, December 25, 2002; A group that helps the homeless announced yesterday that it had started a fund to help the family of a police officer who was suspended without pay last month after he refused to arrest a homeless man. The group, Housing Works, which helps homeless people with AIDS and those infected by H.I.V., said that it had collect
What Will Become of Africa's AIDS Orphans?: The New York Times - Sunday, December 22, 2002; Melissa Fay Greene; Four years ago, a fifth grader in my children s elementary school in Atlanta lost his father in a twin-engine private plane crash. The terrible news whipped through the community; hundreds attended the funeral. Even today, there is a wisp of tragedy about the tall, blond high-school freshman -- fatherless, at so young
EDITORIAL: An Anti-Life Crusade: The New York Times - Friday, December 20, 2002; Asia is expected to be the site of the next AIDS explosion. Yet at a United Nations population conference in Bangkok this week the American delegation tried to block an endorsement of condom use to prevent AIDS. It s not often that a vote is taken at a U.N. meeting, where consensus is usually the goal. But this time pa
EDITORIAL: More Than Words to Fight AIDS: The New York Times - Monday, December 16, 2002; Earlier this month Colin Powell and Tommy Thompson gathered representatives from 86 countries to lecture them on the importance of political leadership in fighting AIDS. Make AIDS a global priority, said Secretary of State Powell. Invest in global health, implored Health Secretary Thompson. Their message was important
In Study on Children's Welfare, Latin America Is Most Improved: The New York Times - Thursday, December 12, 2002; Ginger Thompson; MEXICO CITY - The United Nations Children s Fund reported today that Latin American countries, especially Mexico and Brazil , had made some of the most significant advances in the developing world toward improving children s health and education levels. But Unicef officials also reported that while traditional prob
United Nations: New Record In African Hunger: The New York Times - Wednesday, December 4, 2002; At least 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa, James Miller, executive director of the World Food Program, warned the United Nations Security Council. He said the food program had never had to contend with potential starvation of that magnitude in Africa. Mr. Miller said the record levels of hunger wer
New York: Fewer AIDS Cases: The New York Times - Tuesday, December 3, 2002; Stacy Albin (NYT) (Compiled by Anthony Ramirez); The number of newly diagnosed cases of AIDS dropped by more than 17 percent last year, to 4,677, the city s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced yesterday. As recently as 1997, new cases totaled 7,316. The department said AIDS data were continually restated because of new reporting requirements and changes
World AIDS Day Draws Small Crowds: The New York Times - Monday, December 2, 2002; Jennifer Medina; Hundreds of people gathered across New York City yesterday at rallies and memorials for World AIDS Day, though advocates said the sparse attendance reflected a need to refocus attention on the disease. It is hard to grasp that we can be this far in the crisis and still have this far to go, Brent Nicholson Earle, a vete
OP-ED: AIDS Is Not a Death Sentence: The New York Times - Sunday, December 1, 2002; William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States; Historians will look back on our time and see that our civilization spends many millions of dollars educating people about the scourge of H.I.V. and AIDS, which has already taken 25 million lives and could infect 100 million people over the next eight years. But what they will find not so civilized is our failure to tr

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